Guam Court Decisions

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Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals—Jurisdiction Public Law 108-378 (October 30, 2004) removed from the Organic Act of Guam (see below) a provision that formerly empowered the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to review by writ of certiorari all final decisions of the highest court of Guam from which a decision could be had.

Guam Organic Law and Legislation

NOTE—Guam is an unincorporated, organized territory of the United States. It is “unincorporated” because not all provisions of the U.S. Constitution apply to the territory. Guam is an “organized” territory because Congress provided the territory with an organic act, under which the Secretary of the Interior has administrative responsibility for the territory. The organic act provides for a republican form of government with locally elected executive and legislative branches and an appointed judicial branch. The judicial system includes a territorial supreme court and a U.S. district court.

Guam Rules of Procedure and Practice

Guam Administrative Law Sources

Guam Ordinances and Home-Rule Charters

Ordinances are local laws, commonly organized into codes, that have been enacted by municipalities — cities, towns, etc. — and counties. Charters are organic laws (similar in function to a constitution) of those local government entities for which “home rule” is authorized by state law.

Charters
Note that a charter could be included in a collection of ordinances (see below) instead of being separately accessible.

County Ordinances
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Municipal Ordinances
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Legal Research and Assistance

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